Participles are verbs that end in -ed or -ing and act as modifiers. Gerunds
are verbs that end in -ing and act as nouns. Both types of words are useful
and acceptable, but they can cause confusion if they are misplaced in a
sentence. For example, the word meeting can be a gerund or a participle (or
even a noun) depending on its placement in a sentence. When you use gerunds and
participles, ensure that the meaning is clear.

Use

Avoid

A job can include metadata that schedules the program to run at a
specified date and time.

A job can include scheduling metadata that enables the program to
run at a specified date and time.

Public Cloud is infrastructure that consists of shared resources,
deployed on a self-service basis over the Internet.

Public Cloud is infrastructure consisting of shared resources,
deployed on a self-service basis over the Internet.

Test the certificate by using a browser to connect to your server.

Test the certificate using a browser to connect to your server.

When you use a load balancer with a public-facing IP address, this
address becomes the IP address of your website.

When using a load balancer with a public-facing IP address, this
address becomes the IP address of your website.

The last example illustrates a dangling modifier. In the "Avoid"
example, using doesn't have a subject, so the implied subject is
address, which is incorrect. If the implied subject isn't correct,
you must revise the sentence to provide a subject for the modifying
phrase.

The titles of tutorial or high-level process articles or topics usually start
with a gerund. Titles have less context than sentences, so you have to be
especially careful to ensure that the meaning is clear.